SOUTH CAROLINA DSS v. SCOTT

Appellate Case No. 2019-001084 Opinion No. 5957.

438 S.C. 400 (2023)

883 S.E.2d 229

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent, v. Kristian SCOTT and Brian Frank, Defendants, Of whom Brian Frank is the Appellant. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed January 4, 2023.

Rehearing Denied February 17, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine Carruth Goode and Foster Manly Mathews , both of Columbia, for Appellant.

Megan Jeanine Katherine Meekins , of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Columbia; and Scarlet Bell Moore , of Greenville, both for Respondent.


Brian Frank (Father) appeals two family court orders denying his motion to dismiss on subject matter jurisdiction grounds, finding he sexually abused his minor daughter (Child), and ordering his entry onto the Central Registry of Child Abuse and Neglect (Central Registry). On appeal, Father argues the family court erred by (1) finding...

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